I have been drawing since I was big enough to hold a pencil and painting since my college age son was a baby. I have always had a passion for art and poetry. I don't remember a time when I didn't. I thank my mother for fostering in me my artistic gifting as a child, otherwise, I would not enjoy it today. When I create art, I take one of two approaches. I either try to tell a story about a world much friendlier than our own, in order to help the viewer and myself escape into that which is a little more care free and always beautiful, or I try to express what...more